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Friday, July 27, 2018

New Work [Title TBA] (Premiere)


Part of LUMBERYARD's inaugural season of performances in the Hudson Valley:

LUMBERYARD presents an evening-length transmedia dance theater experience from d. Sabela Grimes, described by The Los Angeles Times as “the Los Angeles dance world’s best-kept secret” and “one of a mere handful of artists who make up the vanguard of hip-hop fusion.” 

d. Sabela Grimes, a 2014 United States Artists Rockefeller Fellow, is a choreographer, writer, composer and educator whose interdisciplinary performance work and pedagogical approach reveal a deep interest in the physical and meta-physical efficacies of Afro-Diasporic cultural practices. Grimes’ AfroFuturistic dance theater projects—including World War WhatEver, 40 Acres & A Microchip, BulletProof Deli and ELECTROGYNOUS—consider histories that have been made invisible, and grapple with constructed notions of masculinity and manhood while conceiving a “womynist consciousness.” Grimes created, and continues to cultivate, a movement system called Funkamentals that focuses on the methodical dance training and community-building elements evident in black vernacular and street-dance forms. Previously, Grimes co-authored and performed as a principal dancer in Rennie Harris Puremovement’s award-winning Rome & Jewels. Grimes received a BA in English and MFA in dance and choreography from UCLA.

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